Star Turtle
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Track listing
- 1 Star Turtle 1 4:35
- 2 How Do Ya'll Know 4:54
- 3 Hear Me in the Harmony 4:45
- 4 Reason to Believe 4:50
- 5 Just Like Me 4:46
- 6 Star Turtle 2 2:27
- 7 Little Farley 6:04
- 8 Eyes of the Seeker 4:51
- 9 Nobody Like You to Me 3:43
- 10 BoozeHound 5:13
- 11 Star Turtle 3 2:10
- 12 Never Young 5:25
- 13 Mind on the Matter 4:08
- 14 City Beneath the Sea 5:58
- 15 Star Turtle 4 1:43
- Total length: 65:32
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2 Issues
3 Reviews
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1
Star Turtle 1
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2
How Do Ya'll Know
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3
Hear Me in the Harmony
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4
Reason to Believe
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5
Just Like Me
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6
Star Turtle 2
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7
Little Farley
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8
Eyes of the Seeker
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9
Nobody Like You to Me
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10
BoozeHound
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11
Star Turtle 3
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12
Never Young
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13
Mind on the Matter
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14
City Beneath the Sea
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15
Star Turtle 4
In the end, though, the whole thing's a bizarre non-sequitur because the songs have no recognizable connection to the story whatsoever. Seemingly committed to writing the musical version of E.T. (E.T. did look a little turtle-y, didn't he?) Connick penned a bunch of skits and forgot to write any songs to go with them.
But maybe I'm taking it all too literally. Maybe the star turtle story is actually just a story about openmindedness and seeking the truth and self-actualization, in which case there is a thin thread that runs through songs like "Just Like Me," "Nobody Like You to Me," "Never Young," and "Eyes of the Seeker." The rest of the songs, though, fit this theme of exploration and openmindedness only musically: Connick weaves a lot of jazz-rock and blues-rock into his sound, and does so in a way that's quite unique. Coming as he does from New Orleans, Harry's connection to jazz is far more on the traditional end of things. So while most jazz rockers are obsessed with post-bop influences like Eric Dolphy and avant-garde artists like Fred Van Hove, Connick instead mixes dixieland and stride with pop/rock and comes up with an interesting hybrid that I'm surprised more artists haven't picked up.
The errors, though, eventually overwhelm the promise. First, there's too much focus on groove--Connick forgets that, despite his influences, this is still fundamentally a pop album, which needs verse-chorus-verse structure and recognizable hooks. Instead, he give us songs like "How Do Y'all Know" that jam out the same rhythm line for nearly the whole song. Second, Connick's voice is a problem--which is odd because, technically speaking, he's a good singer. But his voice is just too whitebread to work with music as funky as this.
Regardless, it's still an admirable experiment that deserves some notice.
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Catalog
17 May 2023
10 Jan 2023
13 Nov 2022
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1
Star Turtle 1
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2
How Do Ya'll Know
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3
Hear Me in the Harmony
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4
Reason to Believe
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5
Just Like Me
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6
Star Turtle 2
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7
Little Farley
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8
Eyes of the Seeker
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9
Nobody Like You to Me
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10
BoozeHound
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11
Star Turtle 3
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12
Never Young
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13
Mind on the Matter
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14
City Beneath the Sea
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15
Star Turtle 4
23 Mar 2022
18 Jan 2022
17 Jan 2022
17 Nov 2021
7 Sep 2021
22 Feb 2021
4 Feb 2021
22 Nov 2020
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1
Star Turtle 1
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2
How Do Ya'll Know
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3
Hear Me in the Harmony
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4
Reason to Believe
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5
Just Like Me
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6
Star Turtle 2
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7
Little Farley
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8
Eyes of the Seeker
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9
Nobody Like You to Me
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10
BoozeHound
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11
Star Turtle 3
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12
Never Young
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13
Mind on the Matter
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14
City Beneath the Sea
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15
Star Turtle 4
30 Sep 2019
22 Dec 2017
27 Jul 2017
22 Jun 2017
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